THE RENAISSANCE UNDER THE VALOIS A Sketch in French Architectural History
by Mathews, Charles Thompson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
NY: William T. Comstock. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1893. Bound in 1/4 gilt decorated vellum, blue boards with gilt title. Gilt designs to vellu. The once handsome binding is now soiled and worn, corners bumped, spine tips frayed, a small 1/4 inch tear in spine. Tiny tear to first 2 pages of endpapers (1/2 cm). Contents are VG, sound and tight. ; 23pp + 41 pls. ; Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall; Overseas shipping will be extra. .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20247
- Title
- THE RENAISSANCE UNDER THE VALOIS A Sketch in French Architectural History
- Author
- Mathews, Charles Thompson
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William T. Comstock
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Renaissance Studies, Architecture, French Studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Renaissance Studies; Art & Architecture;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- VG
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Folio
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